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As a child, I was somewhat mystified why a certain hymn in our religion books was called “St Patrick’s Breastplate” but went: Christ be beside me, Christ be before me,…
Originally posted on Signs of Life:
“Words and measures do not give life; they merely symbolize it” (Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity 48). For any kind of beauty there…
Adam DeVille has a fascinating pair of posts (one here, one here) on Maggie Ross‘ Silence: A User’s Guide. Both posts are worth reading in full (and I must now…
One of the delights of blogging about stained glass in Tipperary (and beyond) has been the discovery of the work of Murphy Devitt studios. I was therefore delighted to discover…
Originally posted on The Broken Towers:
Today is Ash Wednesday and although I did not want to provide a reading of a long poem for some time, I thought not…
From the sermon Forgiveness by Herbert McCabe: It is very odd that people should think that when we do good God will reward us and when we do evil he…
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
Saint Gobnait: first impressions I first came across St Gobnait when I wandered in to the Honan Chapel around 14 years ago. The…
I previously posted on the ceramic work of Joe and Anne Kane from their studio at Moyra Rectory near Falcarragh in Donegal. The photos illustrating that post weren’t great and…
